Jennifer N W Lim
Biographic Data
| ID | 4419564 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer N W Lim |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer N W |
| FAMILY NAME | Lim |
| SIGNATURE | LIM J N W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Anglia Ruskin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7696-949X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Chinese -Think Brain Health community intervention for dementia prevention in the UK
People from different ethnic minorities in the UK are experiencing a steeper increase in dementia diagnosis compared to their white counterparts but are more likely to have a higher risk of dementia, to be diagnosed at a younger age and to die earlier from the condition. These disparities suggest the need for urgent interventions to prevent and reduce dementia risk. Despite the significant presence of Chinese people in the UK, there has been litt…
This is Me
Receiving a dementia diagnosis is a difficult experience for most people and often affects their wellbeing negatively. To support people's wellbeing, in a therapeutic context, life-storytelling, reminiscence and mindfulness are used with people with dementia. In an everyday context, traditional games are used as a resource for stimulating memory, cognition and social activity. While an increasing number of creative strategies are available to sup…
Breast cancer presentation delays among Arab and national women in the UAE
Breast cancer (BC) is a disease that has improved prospects for survival if detected and treated early. Delayed help-seeking behavior, with poor survival as a consequence, is an important public health issue in the Middle East. More than 75% of breast cancer patients in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) seek medical advice after experiencing a sign or symptom of the disease and many seek such advice late. Our aim was to explore factors influencing d…
Do people really know what makes a family history of cancer
BACKGROUND: Family history is often referred to as a family tree in casual everyday conservations, but it carries a different connotation in medicine. This study is the first to investigate people's understanding of 'family medical history' and the concept of 'family' in the context of inherited cancer. METHODS: Three hundred and nine staff at the Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds completed an online web survey. RESULTS: Not all…
To perpetuate blindness!”
Factors influencing consultation to discuss family history of cancer by asymptomatic patients in primary care
Clinical governance and primary care in the English National Health Service
New Labour's concept of 'clinical governance' is an essentially bureaucratic strategy in that it places great emphasis on controlling the behaviour of NHS clinical professionals via a web of rules, including clinical guidelines and National Service Frameworks, supported by new external agencies such as NICE and CHI. In the context of primary medical care, however the classic organizational means for implementing such rules, the bureaucratic hiera…
This is Me
Receiving a dementia diagnosis is a difficult experience for most people and often affects their wellbeing negatively. To support people's wellbeing, in a therapeutic context, life-storytelling, reminiscence and mindfulness are used with people with dementia. In an everyday context, traditional games are used as a resource for stimulating memory, cognition and social activity. While an increasing number of creative strategies are available to sup…
Clinical governance and primary care in the English National Health Service
New Labour's concept of 'clinical governance' is an essentially bureaucratic strategy in that it places great emphasis on controlling the behaviour of NHS clinical professionals via a web of rules, including clinical guidelines and National Service Frameworks, supported by new external agencies such as NICE and CHI. In the context of primary medical care, however the classic organizational means for implementing such rules, the bureaucratic hiera…
Factors influencing consultation to discuss family history of cancer by asymptomatic patients in primary care
To perpetuate blindness!”
Do people really know what makes a family history of cancer
BACKGROUND: Family history is often referred to as a family tree in casual everyday conservations, but it carries a different connotation in medicine. This study is the first to investigate people's understanding of 'family medical history' and the concept of 'family' in the context of inherited cancer. METHODS: Three hundred and nine staff at the Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds completed an online web survey. RESULTS: Not all…
Breast cancer presentation delays among Arab and national women in the UAE
Breast cancer (BC) is a disease that has improved prospects for survival if detected and treated early. Delayed help-seeking behavior, with poor survival as a consequence, is an important public health issue in the Middle East. More than 75% of breast cancer patients in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) seek medical advice after experiencing a sign or symptom of the disease and many seek such advice late. Our aim was to explore factors influencing d…
This is Me
Receiving a dementia diagnosis is a difficult experience for most people and often affects their wellbeing negatively. To support people's wellbeing, in a therapeutic context, life-storytelling, reminiscence and mindfulness are used with people with dementia. In an everyday context, traditional games are used as a resource for stimulating memory, cognition and social activity. While an increasing number of creative strategies are available to sup…
The Chinese -Think Brain Health community intervention for dementia prevention in the UK
People from different ethnic minorities in the UK are experiencing a steeper increase in dementia diagnosis compared to their white counterparts but are more likely to have a higher risk of dementia, to be diagnosed at a younger age and to die earlier from the condition. These disparities suggest the need for urgent interventions to prevent and reduce dementia risk. Despite the significant presence of Chinese people in the UK, there has been litt…
Medicine (6 works) · Family medicine (3 works) · Internal Medicine (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · BRCA gene mutations in cancer (2 works) · Cancer (2 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · Dementia (2 works) · Disease (2 works) · Family history (2 works)